Episode
Combat!: Cry for Help
Overview
On a mission to destroy an observation post, Hanley's patrol encounter a German machine gun nest, losing two men and picking up a German medic.
Details
- Series
- Combat!
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1966-12-20
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Cry for Help is Episode 14 in Season 5 of Combat!. It aired on 1966-12-20. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 17: Gadjo
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Episode 10: The Outsider
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Episode 18: Anniversary
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